01 November 2010

So here it is... my Halloween costume! I can't even tell you how long I've been wanting to be Melanie Daniels for Halloween. Years! I bought this wool dress at a thrift store over the summer with the intention to sell it in the Etsy shop but upon close inspection it was full of little moth holes, putting it squarely into Halloween costume territory. Everything else for the costume was found in my closet, except for the bird headband, of course. It's made from a few fake birds I ordered from a Halloween prop shop, some wire and a headband.

We thought it would be fun to have a little photoshoot before I left for the evening in the spirit of the original Hitchcock movie. If only we had a phone booth next to our house! A little trivia about the movie... did you know that Tippi Hedren is Melanie Griffith's mother? And her name in the movie was Melanie? Coincidence?!

OMG, that movie has given me a life-long fear of birds! I somehow watched it repeatedly as a kid, even though we only had three channels and it must have been on during the day??? I don't know how that is possible but to this day I'm freaked out by birds.

Even so I LOVE your costume and am thinking that copying your idea may be therapeutic for me ;-)

that's great!I love Hitchcock's movies!I've even done my graduating thesis on one of his works!And your Halloween idea is the best one I've seen this year!Can I take one of your pictures to post it on my blog?kisses and hugs from Italy ;)